People - Graduate Student

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Amaal Akhtar

PhD Student
amlakh@uw.edu
19th Century, 20th Century, Caste, Empire and Colonialism, Gender, Language, Nationalism, Popular Culture, Print culture, Social History, South Asia, Urban History
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Oya Rose Aktas

Doctoral Candidate
oraktas@uw.edu
Office Hours: AUT 20 - HSTLAC 185: Mondays 10:30-12:30pm (PST), or by appointment.
Empire and Colonialism, Gender, Language, Middle East, Nationalism, Ottoman Empire, Race and Ethnicity, Social History, Violence and Trauma, Women
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Jessica Bachman

Doctoral Candidate
jlb49@uw.edu
Office Hours: by appointment
20th Century, Empire and Colonialism, Environmental History, Globalism, International Studies, Literature, Political History, Social History, South Asia, Soviet Union
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Jake Beckert

Doctoral Candidate
Jbeckert@uw.edu
20th Century, American, Capitalism, Comparative Colonialisms, Economic Development, Empire and Colonialism, History of Zionism, Israel/Palestine, Jewish American History, Jewish Studies, Middle East, Race and Ethnicity, Religion
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Parul Behl

Graduate Student
pbehl@uw.edu
Gender, Historiography, History, Literature, Middle East, Religion, Sexuality, South Asia
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Joana Bürger [Buerger]

Graduate Student
joanab2@uw.edu
Smith 204E
19th Century, 20th Century, Empire and Colonialism, Greece, Jewish Studies, Middle East, Migration, Nationalism, Oral History, Ottoman Empire
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Jess Cavalari

Doctoral Candidate
jcav@uw.edu
Animal Studies, Atlantic World, Caribbean, Deep History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern, Empire and Colonialism, Environmental History, Globalism, Health, Latin America, Medicine

Daniel Cook

PhD Student
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Ari Forsyth

Graduate Student
arijaf@uw.edu
20th Century, Comparative Gender, Disability, History of Science, Jewish Studies, Migration, Race and Ethnicity, United States, Urban History
Jamelah Jacob

Jamelah Jacob

PhD Student
jmjacob@uw.edu
20th Century, Asian American, Cultural Performance, Culture, Empire and Colonialism, Performativity, Philippine and Filipino American, Race and Ethnicity, United States
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Adrian Kane-Galbraith

Doctoral Candidate
akane14@uw.edu
Empire and Colonialism, Gender, Globalism, Modern Britain, Transgender Studies
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Ragya Kaul

Doctoral Student
rkaul@uw.edu
20th Century, Asian American, Empire and Colonialism, Gender, Labor, Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Sexuality, United States
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Brendan McElmeel

Doctoral Candidate
bmcel@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12-1pm or by appointment.
Smith 103A
20th Century, Comparative Gender, Intellectual History, Law, Modern Europe, Russia, Sexuality, Social History, Socialism and Post-Socialism, Soviet Union
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Sierra Mondragón

PhD Student
smondr7@uw.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 9am - 10:20am
Smith 103A
19th Century, 20th Century, American Indian/Native American, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Indigenous, Oral History, Pueblo History, United States, US Southwest
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Ting-chieh (David) Ou-yang

Doctoral Candidate
davidoy@uw.edu
19th Century, 20th Century, China, East Asia, History, Intellectual History
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Brian Park

Graduate Student
bjspark@uw.edu
20th Century, Capitalism, Early Modern, East Asia, Empire and Colonialism, Globalism, Japan, Korea, Labor, Social History
Ilsa-Abdul-Razzak, Graduate Student, History

Ilsa Abdul Razzak

Graduate Student
irazza@uw.edu
Early Modern, Ethics, Gender, Intellectual History, Islamic Studies, Language, Law, Religion, Social History, South Asia
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Devin Short

Doctoral Candidate
shortda@uw.edu
Office Hours: I do not currently hold office hours but please contact me by email any time.
20th Century, Climate Change, Climate Science, Digital Humanities, Environment, Environmental History, History of Science, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Scholarship, Science and Technology, Space/Place

Rachel Lanier Taylor

Doctoral Candidate, History
Graduate Intern, Society for History in the Federal Government
rachellt@uw.edu
Office Hours: HSTAA 432: By e-mail Thursdays 10AM-12PM
20th Century, Comparative Gender, Environment, Environmental History, Global Environmental History, Globalism, Latin America, South Asia, U.S. Environmental, United States, Women
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Barshana Titir

PhD Student
barshana@uw.edu
19th Century, 20th Century, Architecture, Comparative Colonialisms, Digital Humanities, Empire and Colonialism, Environmental History, South Asia, Space/Place, Urban History
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John L. Tran

PhD Student
jtran35@uw.edu
Asian American, Comparative Nationalism and Ethnicity, History of Communism, Language, Modern China, Modern Vietnam, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, Southeast Asia
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Kelly Van Acker

PhD Student
vanacker@uw.edu
20th Century, Southeast Asia

Chad Westra

PhD Student
cdwestra@uw.edu
19th Century, 20th Century, Asian American, China, Environment, Japan, Material Culture, Social History